Los Angeles history

Paul Coates, Feb. 20, 1961

February 20, 2011 | 1:56
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Feb. 20, 1961: Paul Coates follows up on a story about the DMV insisting that Spanish speakers attempt—and fail—the test in English before taking it in Spanish. A new directive allows applications to take the test in Spanish upon request rather than going through the previous rigmarole.